Catch and chest pass
Ready when: nothing needed.
What you are learning
Catching with two hands and soft fingers, watching the ball all the way in, and the chest pass: hands in a W shape behind the ball, a step forward, and the arms ending straight with the fingers pointing at the partner.
Words on this card Chest pass, Clear
- Chest pass
- Passes from the chest with both hands; from the shoulder with one hand over a longer distance; bounced once on the way; and floated high over a defender.
- Clear
- Ways of getting free: running out of a crowded space; holding a defender off with the body to keep a space; stepping up, then sprinting back.
Show it first for the one teaching
- Hold the hands out in front, fingers spread, and watch the ball into them.
- For the pass, hold the ball at the chest with the thumbs behind it making a W.
- Step toward your partner and push the ball out until the arms are straight, fingers pointing at them.
Your part while they practise
Be the partner.
Step by step
- Hands out in front; watch the ball all the way in.
- Chest pass: hands in a W behind the ball.
- Step forward; arms straight at the end, fingers pointing at the partner.
How much: 20 passes, 3 rounds 8 min a session 4 days a week
Say one thing Pick one line from "What you will see" for today and say only that.
The game: Pass and move
After each pass, move to a new spot; the partner passes to wherever you go.
Who plays: the child and you as a pair, against your best count.
How to play, turn by turn
- Turns
- Stand 2 m apart
- After each pass, the passer moves to a new spot at least a step away
- Count the passes caught at chest height in 1 minute
- 3 rounds; keep the best
- Fair play
- A grown-up passes from 4 m.
- Points
- 1 point for each pass caught at chest height.
- Fouls
- No point for that pass
- A dropped ball
- The passer standing still after passing
- A one-handed throw
- Winning
- Beat your best minute as a pair.
- 10 points for 1 star
- 16 points for 2 stars
- 22 points for 3 stars
Easier or harder
Closer, a bigger ball.
Further, moving.
What you will see, and what to say
- the ball slaps the hands
Soft hands, pull it in
Give with the ball. - the pass drops
Follow through, arms long
Push all the way out.
Self-check
8 of 10 chest passes caught at chest height.
Stop and get a coach when
Pain in the finger; stop and check.
Fitness for this
Warm up first: how to warm up, at workonfitness.com. For strength and stretching, its exercise library shows each exercise step by step, with an easier version.
This card trains catching, passing.
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